achievers

mr wang from youth guidance gave me tickets to nat'l achievers congress. i was so excited because it seemed like a huge thing to me, and also that the tickets are $200 each.

so this afternoon, bk, rth and i went.

this guy must be some guru in the business world. he was speaking about how to make money (of cos!) and how to make it fast. the three of us were joking around and poking fun at the things he said and saying how this felt like a cityharvest gathering. he asked the audience "what did you earn last week?" according to him, if we don't know how much we earned last week, that's a no-no. he earned slightly more than a million dollars (sing, i think) last week. and i told bk "i earned the respect of 350 students last week".

the amazing thing was that when he asked to audience to say "oh", they said "oh"; when he said "turn to your neighbour and say 'ah!'", they turned to their neighbours and said "ah!". it was so like cityharvest. people were actually taking notes. he showed a pyramid, and the guy next to bk drew a pyramid. he drew a graph and the guy followed religiously. i was just amazed.

we left after 15 minutes and went to the macau cafe for tea.

it was only this evening that it occurred to me that the guy who sat next to bk could have paid good money to attend the congress. he, like many others, probably really wanted to be there to learn the ropes and hopefully make it (rich)! i felt a little apologetic for my behaviour. with this new attitude, i shall attend tomorrow's session with an open mind.

i'm so proud of myself.